PAVEMENT ROUGHNESS IN KENTUCKY

Over two hundred pavement sections in Kentucky have been periodically measured for pavement roughness over a period of several years. This pavement service-life historical data can be used to assess quality of construction, pavement service-life, present and anticipated pavement condition. Road users perception of ride quality can be related to these measurements. Response-type road roughness measuring systems have been used to collect roughness measurements and correlation studies have been performed to relate measurements from current systems. Several factors influence pavement roughness. An early factor is construction workmanship. Other factors are traffic loading, environment, geology, and age. (Author)

• Record URL:
  • http://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/776
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Kentucky, Lexington

  Kentucky Transportation Center
  College of Engineering, 176 Raymond Building
  Lexington, KY  United States  40506-0281

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  State Office Building, 200 Mero Street
  Frankfort, KY  United States  40622

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sharpe, G W
  • Cain, D H
  • Southgate, H F
  • Havens, J H
  • Deen, R C
• Publication Date: 1982-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 64 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Drivers; Geology; Pavement surface course; Pavements; Perception; Riding qualities; Roughness; Service life; Texture; Traffic loads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Workmanship
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396686
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UKTRP-82-9
• Contract Numbers: KYHPR-64-25, KYHPR-76-79
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1988 12:00AM